Posts Tagged ‘EU free movement’

As I point out repeatedly, the debate about EU migration and free movement has two separate, but related, dimensions: “fairness” – who can access what benefits and when; and “volume” – how...
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In a referendum yesterday, the Swiss voted by a narrow margin in favour of restricting immigration from the EU. Switzerland is not an EU member but via around 100 agreements, Switzerland is partly in...
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For obvious reasons, both UK and European media are zooming in on the Tories over EU migration. They risk missing a hugely important part of the story: Labour. There tend to be three – perceived...
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The Vice President of the EU Commission, Viviane Reding, yesterday launched another broadside against David Cameron. The PM, she said, is putting "Britain's future at risk", referring specifically to ...
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Congratulations Nigel Farage. You’ve just gained a bunch of new supporters. The European Commission will today take the UK to the European Court of Justice – the body meant to police the EU treati...
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Germany’s Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich put it well when he said of EU migration: If people in Germany feel that their openness is being abused and our welfare system is looted then there w...
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